UNC Students on Winning Teams of Public Health Case Competition

December 6, 2017

University of Northern Colorado students were members of the top-placing teams at
the Rocky Mountain Region Public Health Case Competition held last month in Denver.

Sujeith Barraza and her peers on the first-place team each earned a $1,000 scholarship for
their plan on suicide prevention. Cheryl A. Jones was awarded a $500 scholarship for
her contributions on the second-place team. Barraza and Jones are enrolled in the
Colorado School of Public Health, a collaborative of the University of Colorado, Colorado
State University and UNC.

During the competition, teams received a realistic case study about suicide prevalence,
a public health issue especially relevant to Colorado. Each team had approximately
24 hours to analyze the case, create a public health solution and present it to a
panel of judges.